My name is Dave Stancliff. Walk down the road of life with me each day. You'll find news and my views. I'm a veteran, an independent thinker, and a former newspaper publisher and editor.
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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

'Pizzagate' - Reluctant Riders On The Storm of Fake News

Good Day World!This is how bizarre things are today: fake news gets circulated faster than the real news, and it now poses a very real physical threat to innocent people.I'll explain.One of the many fake news stories this year involved a restaurant, and a conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton and John Podestarunning a pedophile ring.You'd think anyone with half a brain and the ability to read and reason things out would realize it was a fake story.But no. This outlandish story was passed from one conspiracy theorist to another until one of the morons totally lost touch with reality and entered the restaurant in question with a rifle, firing it a couple of times.As the police were arresting the clown they discovered he was there to investigate "Pizzagate" because of that fake story.Here's what happened:The theories, collectively known as Pizzagate, resulted in social media attacks and death threats against the restaurant’s staff and their families.Gets worse.

The outlet interviewed James Alefantis (restaurant owner), who pointed out how conspiracy theorists didn’t even bother to verify the accuracy of key details, including the allegation that the sex ring operated out of the building’s basement: “We don’t even have a basement” he said.